Our Partners
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Noora Fagerström
National Coalition Party Parliamentary Group
Member of Parliament, Entrepreneur & Angel Investor
Noora Fagerström is a Member of Parliament for the National Coalition Party, an entrepreneur, and an angel investor. In 2010, she founded Jungle Juice Bar, a smoothie chain that has become well known across Finland. As a Member of Parliament, Noora is a strong advocate for entrepreneurship and works to create better conditions for building successful companies and driving sustainable economic growth in Finland.
Tuomas Pahlman
hopohopop.io
Entrepreneur & Angel Investor
Tuomas Pahlman is a startup founder, business angel, and founder of Hopohopo.io with over a decade of experience scaling high-growth startups, achieving two exits, and supporting more than 20 startups from Seed to Series C. With expertise in product-market fit, growth, fundraising, and international scaling, he brings hands-on experience from both startup leadership and global digital development in a Fortune 500 company.
Petri Laine
Business Tampere
Senior Business Advisor, Funding
Petri has over 20 years of experience in the private equity market, growth company financing, board and strategy work, and corporate transactions. His role is to support growth companies in raising financing and to strengthen Business Tampere’s investor network.
Jonne Kuittinen
Finnish Venture Capital Asociation
Deputy Chief Executive
Jonne Kuittinen serves as Deputy Chief Executive of the Finnish Venture Capital Association, Finland’s industry association for private equity and venture capital. During his 15 years at FVCA, Jonne has researched the venture capital market, highlighting how Finland’s venture capital and startup ecosystem has developed. He is passionate about helping Finnish innovation and entrepreneurship thrive and ensuring that bold ideas have the capital they need to change the world.
Sanna Vuoristo
Tilitoimisto YV
CEO
Sanna has over ten years of experience in corporate financial management and is also an entrepreneur herself. At the heart of her work is clear, practical financial consulting, where financial figures are turned into understandable insights and entrepreneurs are supported in making better decisions. In her speech, Sanna will cover the five most important key financial metrics that every successful startup needs to know.
Hanna "Tax Hanna" Rantala
CEO
Tax Hanna specializes in resolving complex corporate tax issues, including corporate restructurings such as share exchanges, mergers, and demergers.
Eija Ranua
RISE
CEO
Eija Ranua is passionate about supporting growth entrepreneurship. RISE is a movement accelerating Finland’s economic growth by strengthening companies’ financing capabilities, improving capital allocation to Finnish businesses, and enhancing collaboration across the growth entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Mia Häkkinen
Startup.Tampere, City of Tampere
Head of Startup Service
Mia Häkkinen is Head of Startup Service at Startup.Tampere, City of Tampere, and one of the key builders and connectors in Tampere’s startup ecosystem. She works across startups, investors, companies, universities and public actors to strengthen connections, partnerships and pathways for growth. Her focus is on turning ecosystem collaboration into practical opportunities that help founders and startups move forward.
Jaakko Lahtinen
Jaakko ja Pavunvarsi
CEO
Known for growing beanstalks, Jaakko Lahtinen specializes in growing businesses through storytelling and digital advertising – currently focused on making Furros Europe’s most loved pet insurance provider.
“Only in fairy tales and pitch decks does everything work out. Everywhere else, it takes raw data and hard work.”
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Tilitoimisto YV Oy
Tilitoimisto YV is an accounting firm based in Tampere. We believe that smooth and effective financial management is built on collaboration and trust – which is why we genuinely act as a partner to your business. We help you understand the bigger picture of your company’s finances and make better decisions, so you can focus on your core business and leave the financial management to us.
Koju
We create stories that engage. Koju is a creative agency specializing in branded entertainment, with over ten years of experience. We help you stand out, sell more, and dare to be bold.
VeroSatama
VeroSatama is a consulting firm that provides its clients with comprehensive solutions in taxation, corporate restructuring, business succession, and valuation. We specialize in tax optimization. In addition, we carry out strategic corporate restructuring projects, such as share exchanges and business succession arrangements, helping companies structure their ownership and operations to effectively support growth and future goals.
Tribe Tampere
We’re a community-driven platform on a mission to support startups, talents, and doers in Tampere - by connecting people, sharing knowledge, and making things happen together.
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TRES
TRES is a student-led society that provides the perfect environment to start building something meaningful. TRES hosts events focused on startups and gathers like minded people together.
Pegasus Tech Ventures
Pegasus Tech Ventures is a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm that partners with leading corporations to invest in and engage with high-growth technology companies.
Startup.Tampere
Startup.Tampere is a coordinated startup and innovation ecosystem in Tampere, supported by the City of Tampere. It helps founders move from early ideas to international growth by bringing together an active community and connecting startups with investors, talent, business support, testbeds, programs, and opportunities. This enables startups to develop and validate solutions, become investment-ready, build partnerships, and expand internationally.
Tribe Tampere
Tribe Tampere is a vibrant, community-driven hub uniting startups, entrepreneurs, and organizations to cultivate a thriving startup ecosystem in Tampere. Operating from Platform6, it offers a collaborative space where ideas flourish, connections are made, and entrepreneurial journeys are supported through events, mentorship, and networking opportunities.
Polar Bear Pitching
Join the coolest startup event in the world!
At Polar Bear Pitching, we empower startups to showcase their resilience and commitment by pitching from an unconventional stage- avanto (Finnish for icehole).
Get the ticket!
Tampere Chamber of Commerce
The Tampere Chamber of Commerce is a business advocacy and service organization operating in the Pirkanmaa region. It promotes the operating conditions of businesses, entrepreneurship, fair competition and internationalization in the region. It also represents the interests of the business community and promotes cooperation between businesses and public authorities.
The Tampere Chamber of Commerce has more than 2,000 member companies and organizations of various sizes and representing a wide range of industries. The Chamber organizes, among other things, networking events and training sessions, and provides a range of other business-related services.